"It's good to see architects build up leverage towards software companies" say commenters
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing criticism of Revit from some of the UK's largest architecture practices and sharing their views on other top stories.
American software company Autodesk has come under fire for its Building Information Modelling (BIM) software Revit.
In an open letter to Autodesk's president Andrew Anagnost, 17 architecture studios including Zaha Hadid Architects and Grimshaw have expressed their dissatisfaction with the software claiming that costs of Revit have risen rapidly in the past five years, but the product hasn't been developed at a similar rate.
"Like charging 2020 prices for a Cadillac on a 2005 Ford Focus"
Autodesk has vowed to listen to the feedback. But readers aren't convinced. It's "like charging 2020 prices for a Cadillac on a 2005 Ford Focus," said UTF. "This software is bad," agrees Michal C. "My life got way shorter thanks to constantly fighting its limits and bad design. Using it in building design is like doing brain surgery using two bricks as the only tools."
"'In the last few years as we've transformed Autodesk to become a subscription-based company that can serve our customers better,' ? this has no benefit for the customer, only for Autodesk," added Money. "If the improvements were real and substantial, clients would have an incentive to buy or upgrade to a new version even without subscriptions."
"It's good to see architects finally build up so...
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